Jean-Baptiste Elissalde

France international fly-half Jean-Baptiste Elissalde's hopes of a Six Nations recall suffered a blow on Saturday when he picked-up an elbow injury in Toulouse's 9-6 Top 14 win over Montauban. Elissalde was replaced just after kicking a 26th-minute penalty, leaving another international outcast David Skrela to boot the other two penalties which extended Toulouse's lead at the top of the table. Stade Francais suffered a blow to their hopes of finishing top of the championship when they went down 26-11 to Brive. Stade were missing several key players because of international duty but nevertheless would have expected to prevail and keep the pressure on ... Read Full Story

Scrum-half Jean-Baptiste Elissalde was overlooked by coach Marc Lievremont when the French Six Nations squad for the opening games against Ireland and Scotland was announced on Wednesday. The 31-year-old, who has 35 caps, has only recently returned to action for Toulouse after suffering a broken finger and has been snubbed in favour of promising duo Morgan Parra and Sebastien Tillous-Borde. "I want to give time to young scrum-halves like Morgan Parra and Sebastien Tillous-Borde," said Lievremont who already has one eye on the 2011 World Cup. "But Elissalde knows that he will return to the French team and with two and a half years ... Read Full Story

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